#79DAE9#79DAE9

#79DAE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.094 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79DAE9
RGB	rgb(121, 218, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(188, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -24.69, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 29.54, 213.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0825 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.094 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6589, 60.0870, 86.1614)
Luminance	0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79DAE9 #E98879

analogous

#79E9C0 #79DAE9 #79A2E9

triadic

#79DAE9 #E979DA #DAE979

tetradic

#79DAE9 #C079E9 #E98879 #A2E979

square

#79DAE9 #C079E9 #E98879 #A2E979

split-complementary

#79DAE9 #E979A2 #E9C079

monochromatic

#21B1C7 #44CBE0 #79DAE9 #AEE9F2 #E2F7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#79DAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#79DAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79DAE9

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79DAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79DAE9	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79dae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 218, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.094 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e5f0',
    500: '#79dae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79dae9;
$custom-light: #a7e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79dae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.036,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83433,
    "c": 0.09384,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79DAE9

secondary

#C15645

accent

#2C12D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#101516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #79DAE9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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